Artillery
Pinaka Rocket System Flight Tests Successful
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) recently completed successful flight tests of the guided Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL), which took place on November 14, 2024. The completion marks an important step towards the system’s induction into the Indian ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2024
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Women Officers in Regiment of Artillery
In a historic move, the Indian Army is set to commission its first lot of women officers in the artillery regiments later this month. The Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai will see these women officers pass out after receiving ..
Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System – Update (March, 2023)
The Indian Army has proposed the acquisition of an indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) to fill critical capability gaps in high-altitude regions. The proposal is expected to be approved by the Ministry of Defence, after which orders can ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System
The user trials of indigenously built Advanced Towed Artillery Gun system (ATAGS) is to be resumed by December 2020. The trials of ATAGS were paused in September 2020 as the gun suffered a barrel burst. After the barrel burst, a ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
55th Raising Day of Border Security Force(BSF)
The Border Security Force (BSF) is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces of India, was formed on 1st December 1965 and, is termed as the First Line of Defence of Indian Territories. With the Motto ‘Duty Unto Death’, ..
Indian Army conducts rare exercise Chang Thang Prahar in Eastern Laddakh
The Indian Army conducted a massive rare exercise named ‘Chang Thang Prahar’ at a high altitude area in Eastern Laddakh bordering China for testing and improving its war-fighting capabilities. The integrated exercise involved the use of infantry, mechanized forces, T-72 ..
Indian Army conducts ‘Exercise Topchi 2019’
Indian Army has recently demonstrated its artillery firepower by using ultra light Howitzers and indigenous Swathi weapon-locating radar at the annual ‘Exercise Topchi 2019’ at the vast firing ranges at Deolali Camp near Nasik, Maharashtra. The aviation and surveillance capabilities ..
India’s first private-sector Howitzer gun-manufacturing plant comes up in Surat
On 19th January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India’first Armoured Systems Complex (ASC) built by a private company – Larsen & Toubro (L&T) – at Hazira in Surat, Gujarat. This is the India’s first private facility where the K9 ..